cooler

English Online Dictionary. What means cooler‎? What does cooler mean?

English

Etymology

From cool +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.lə(ɹ)/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈku.lɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʉː.lə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -uːlə(ɹ)

Noun

cooler (plural coolers)

1. Anything which cools.
2. An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.
3. A device for refrigerating dead bodies in a morgue.
4. (Canada, South Africa, countable or uncountable) A type of drink made with alcohol, especially wine, mixed with fruit juice.

   Coordinate terms: alcopop, malternative, premix

5. (Philippines, countable) samalamig drink (sweet chilled beverage, such as chilled fruit juice or other flavors like chocolate, coffee, sweet corn, etc., usually mixed with either shredded jelly and/or sago pearls or tapioca pearls)
6. (India, countable) Short for air cooler; evaporative cooler; desert cooler; swamp cooler
7. (US, slang) A prison.
8. (US, slang) A bouncer or doorman.
9. (poker, gambling, colloquial) A cold deck.
10. (poker) A loss suffered while holding a hand which is ordinarily strong, especially one which involves the loss of many chips.
11. (slang, obsolete) A final glass of porter after a session drinking spirits and water.

Synonyms

• (insulated box)
  • car fridge
  • cool bag, cool box (UK)
  • chilly bin (New Zealand)
  • esky (Australia)
  • ice chest

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

cooler

1. comparative form of cool: more cool

Derived terms

• cooler heads must prevail
• cooler heads prevail
• cooler heads will prevail

See also

Anagrams

• recool

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːlər/
• Hyphenation: coo‧ler

Adjective

cooler

1. comparative degree of cool

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cooler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːler/, [ˈkuːle̞r]
• Rhymes: -uːler

Noun

cooler

1. cooler (chilled mixed drink)

Declension

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

cooler

1. comparative degree of cool

Adjective

cooler

1. inflection of cool:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cúler

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cooler.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uleʁ, -ulɛɾ
• Hyphenation: coo‧ler

Noun

cooler m (plural coolers)

1. (Brazil) cooler (insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping)

   Synonyms: geleira, caixa térmica

Further reading

• “cooler”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025